Henry Purcell - "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain", Marie McLaughlin
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Dido & Aeneas
"Oft she visits this lov'd mountain"
Marie McLaughlin, Sopran
English Chamber Orchestra
dir. Raymond Leppard
Oft she visits this lov'd mountain,
Oft she bathes her in this fountain;
Here Actaeon met his fate,
Pursued by his own hounds,
And after mortal wounds
Discover'd, discover'd too late.
Paintings:
F. Boucher, Diana resting after her bath, 1742
E.-B. Garnier, Diana and her Nymphs
Tiziano Vecellio, Diana und Aktaeon, 1556-1559
H. v. Balen, Diana turns Actaeon into a Stag, c. 1605
M. J. Schmidt, Diana and Actaeon, 1785
Tiziano Vecellio, Der Tod des Aktaeon, 1562